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<h1>Hiding or displaying sections</h1>
<p>You can hide or display sections of a document for several purposes:</p>
<ul type="disc" class="whs1">
	
<li class=p><p>You can collapse document sections as you edit or design 
 a document, making the design process easier by maximizing the amount 
 of space available to work in. For information, see 
<a href="#Collapsing or expanding sections as you design">Collapsing 
 or expanding sections as you design</a>.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>You can also determine whether end users open a document 
 with certain sections hidden or displayed. For example, a Page Footer 
 section contains page numbers, which makes sense in a printed document 
 but not in one displayed in a browser in MicroStrategy Web. In this case, 
 you can hide the Page Footer in all MicroStrategy Web modes but display 
 it in the exported PDF. The section is still displayed in Design view 
 in both Desktop and Web. For information and steps, see 
<a href="#Hiding or displaying sections for a finished document">Hiding 
 or displaying sections for a finished document</a>.</p></li>
</ul>
<p>By default, all documents display all sections to all users. However, 
 if a section is empty (that is, it does not contain any controls), that 
 section is not displayed to users.</p>
<h2>
<a name="Collapsing or expanding sections as you design">Collapsing 
 or expanding sections as you design</a></h2>
<p>In Design mode, you can collapse a section by clicking the minus sign 
 next to it. This conserves space while you are editing the document. For 
 example, you are working in the Detail section, so you collapse all the 
 other sections to maximize the amount of space in the Layout area for 
 the Detail section. You can expand a section later, by clicking the plus 
 sign next to it, if you want to edit the section.</p>
<p>Collapsing and expanding a section does not change whether it is hidden 
 or displayed in the finished document. </p>
<p>If you use the Empty Document template, the sections listed below are 
 expanded by default when you create the document. All other sections are 
 collapsed, but you can expand them when you need to work in them.</p>
<ul type="disc" class="whs1">
	
<li class=p><p>Detail Header</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Detail</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Detail Footer</p></li>
</ul>
<p>You can also create your own template that has the sections that you 
 commonly work with expanded by default. For steps to create a document 
 using a template, see 
<a HREF="Creating_a_document_using_a_template.htm">Creating 
 a document using a template</a>.</p>
<h2>
<a name="Hiding or displaying sections for a finished document">Hiding 
 or displaying sections for a finished document</a></h2>
<p>As a designer, you may want to work in a single large section, as in 
 a dashboard, thereby optimizing your workspace by using all the available 
 space in the Document Editor. This one section is displayed to all users 
 in all views. All other sections are hidden from users in the finished 
 document and from you in Design view. </p>
<p>Displaying a single section can be practical when designing dashboard 
 documents (a dashboard is a visually intuitive and interactive display 
 of data that summarizes key business indicators for a quick status check), 
 since dashboards are typically only one page long. You can also use the 
 Blank Dashboard template, which displays only one section, as the starting 
 point for your dashboard. The single section on the template is defined 
 as being six inches high.</p>
<p>You are not limited to displaying only a single section; you can select 
 which sections to display and which to hide. For example, you have to 
 create a number of documents that should have specific sections hidden. 
 To simplify and standardize the document, create a template that hides 
 those sections. You can then use the template to create the documents, 
 and by default only the selected sections are displayed.</p>
<p>By default, all the sections are displayed to users in all views modes. 
 However, if a section is empty (that is, it does not contain any controls), 
 that section is not displayed to users. </p>
<h3>To hide a section from users and designers</h3>
<p>You cannot hide all the sections; at least one section must be displayed.</p>
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<li class=p><p>Open the document in &nbsp;<span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Design 
 Mode</B></span> or <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Editable Mode</B></span>. 
 </p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>From the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Tools</B></span> 
 menu, select <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Document Properties</B></span>. 
 The Properties dialog box opens.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Select <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Sections </B></span>from 
 the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Layout Properties </B></span>section. 
 </p></li>
	
<li class=p><p><span>C</span>lear the check box for any section that 
 you want to hide.</p></li>
</ol>
<p class="whs3"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Note</B></span><span>: 
 </span>You cannot hide all the sections; at least one section must be 
 displayed.</p>
<ol start="5" type="1" class="whs2">
	
<li class=p><p>If a section is hidden but should be displayed, select 
 its check box.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Click <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>OK</B></span> to 
 return to the document. Only the selected sections are displayed.</p></li>
</ol>
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